Inner Sound Eros Experiences

I was also thinking of purchasing a pair & listened to them at a dealer. Unfortunately, wtam's experience was the exact same as mine. They sounded awful. Also, the construction, especially of the bass section, was shoddy to say the least. There's a review in the current bound for sound, and they also agree with our findings.

Well, my Eros sound fantastic with the InnerSound SS amp. They will definitely play MUCH louder and more dynamically than MG 3.6s without any audible stress, and customer support is excellent. Roger Sanders takes great pains to rectify any customer complaints. I agree that construction of the cabinets could be better, but you could say that about most speakers. The sweet spot for me is 1.5 to 2 people wide, possibly more narrow than that for the Maggies.
I like both systems and could have bought either, but because of their overall purity coupled with high input/output capability, the Eros won easily. The 3.6s simply won't play at very loud levels without blowing fuses or ribbons -- plus their bass performance leaves much to be desired in my opinion. It sounds kind of loose and anemic. The bass on the Eros is fast, dynamic and slightly lean and mine mate very well with my subwoofer.

Wait for the Matin Logan Odessey or check out the Quad 989.

i spoke w/the company, & they readily admitted that these have a *wery* small sweet-spot, that's all i know about 'em. i'm saving for a pair of newform research nhb645's or r645's - check out the owner feedback on audioreview...

Even when using speakers that exhibit wide sweet spots the sound is by far the best when perfectly centered between the two speakers. Do any of you do your critical listening out of the sweet spot, or am I to assume that you just don't listen that critically? Yet you obviously buy expensive speakers... What's the deal -- are you concerned for your non-audiophile friends who don't really care about sound quality and can't sit still in the center for any length of time? I'm really at a loss to understand this issue, because with whatever speakers I've used, no matter how omnidirectional, they ALWAYS sounded best in the center of the sweet spot. That's why it's so named... Anyway, this game is all about trade-offs and we each pick the respective blends of weaknesses and strengths that suit our personal biases.